Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works Their Causes, Prevention, and Reparation

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THE DEPOSITION OF AN EMBANKMENT—PREPARATION OF THE GROUND UPON WHICH AN EMBANKMENT HAS TO BE DEPOSITED—METHODS OF PROCEDURE—CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS—THE EFFECT OF THE HEIGHT OF A TIP AND THE LENGTH OF A LEAD—THE STEAM NAVVY AND EMBANKMENTS 156–170